1994 Wigs

Wigs II, 1994-2006

Wigs II, 1994-2006, detail

serigraph on feltpanel: 22.75 x 18.5 inches (58.4 x 47 cm)"Simpson implies a series of narratives without dictating a primaryor specific one. The plethora of wigs and their presentation on a wall, separated and placed in a semblance of a grid, suggests the viewer could select one--or many--to don, along with selecting a persona to accompany the choice. References to doctors, morticians, tailors, and performers, as well as to sex (both gender and behavior), facilitate an internal dialogue about power, who has it, and wherein it lies." -Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson

Wigs II, 1994-2006

Wigs II, 1994-2006, detail

serigraph on feltpanel: 22.75 x 18.5 inches (58.4 x 47 cm)"For the past decade, Lorna Simpson’s work has explored the role of hair as a marker of social identity. The felt surfaces on which these images are printed present all of the hairstyles in the same texture, emphasizing and skewing our fixation on hair texture as markers of difference." -Walker Art Center